Atopida pallidula Broun, 1921

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 24

Atopida pallidula Broun, 1921

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Atopida pallidula Broun 1921: 535 . Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue).

Type locality. Bluff.

Broun number: 4062.

Type material examined. 1 ex. Holotype (NHM): card-mounted, “4062.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “Bluff \ 1.12.1914 ” [in Broun’s hand], “ Atopida \ pallidula ” [in Broun’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1921) studied a single specimen collected on 1.12.1914 by A. Philpott at Bluff, Southland.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Holotype, Atopida pallidula Broun, 1921; B) Syntype, Atopida proba Sharp, 1878; C) Holotype, Atopida sinuata Broun, 1893; D) Holotype, Atopida suffusa Broun, 1910; E) Holotype, Atopida suturalis (White, 1846); F) Holotype, Atopida brouni Broun, Sharp, 1878; G) Syntype, Atopida testacea Broun, 1880; H) Holotype, Atopida villosa Broun, 1921; I) Syntype, Byrrhopsis gravidus (Sharp, 1878); J) Lectotype, Contacyphon acerbus (Broun, 1883); K) Holotype, Contacyphon nitidus (Broun, 1886); L) Lectotype, Contacyphon aequalis (Sharp, 1878). Scale bar = 1 mm.